News Feel that nip in the air? That's the chilling realization that the nation's cultural critics have begun releasing their 2012 top 10 lists. Don't they even have decency to wait until December?The list released by AdWeek today won't comfort anybody w...   More

News Even after the race is over, Portland Mayor-elect Charlie Hales keeps finding new ways to break his promise of campaign financing limits.

Hales is paying off his campaign debts with a reception at Old Town restaurant Gilt Club on Dec. 4, with tickets starting at $50 and "sponsorship levels" ranging from $200 to $2,500. That's well over the $600 cap Hales placed on indiv...   More

News The online sports magazine Grantland is making a habit of finding former Trail Blazers to tell stories about how miserable they were in Portland.
In May, the ESPN-owned long-form journalism site revea...   More

News More than 200 people huddled under the Hawthorne Bridge on Sunday evening at a candlelight vigil to remember "Working" Kirk Reeves—the 56-year-old street musician who for a decade played trumpet at the bridge's onramp in his dist...   More

News Emily Harris, the former host of Oregon Public Broadcasting's morning talk show "Think Out Loud," has been hired by National Public Radio as its Jerusalem correspondent.

Harris, who was forced out at OPB in Jun...   More

News More than 61 percent of Portland voters checked “yes” on a Nov. 6 ballot measure to raise millions in new taxes to hire more art and music teachers and help bankroll arts organizations. They   More

News The Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability has issued a document that rejects any immediate changes to the city policy allowing apartments without on-site parking. The bureau says there's no need for a building moratorium, and no rush on zoning rule changes or an increase in des...   More

News  Former progressive talk-radio host Carl Wolfson says he’s been busy meeting with potential backers to return him to the airwaves since KPOJ-AM 620 switched to an all-sports format Nov. 9.
“I would love to be the voice ...   More

News  A much-anticipated city study of new apartment buildings without on-site parking confirms complaints from Portland homeowners: Residents in these buildings own cars, and keep them parked in front of their neighbors' houses.

A boom in the construction of these apartments has caused an uproar among homeowners on the city's east side, with Mayor-elect Charlie Hales <...   More

News  Mark your calendars: The fluoridation of Portland's water supply is being referred to voters for the May 6, 2014 primary election.
The Multnomah County elections office and the Secretary of State’s elections division have validated 33,015 signatures on a petition to halt the fluoridation of Portland reservoirs. That's over a third more signatures than requir...   More